"'Where's the fire?' they all shouted.
"'Over there,' said Grandfather Frog, who was watching the fire department start off.
"They wiggled and crawled as quickly as they could to the spot where the fire was. It was the vireo family's nest. You know the vireos are those beautiful, shy birds that live in the woods and have such lovely voices. The fire salamanders rushed right into the fire and pulled out of the nest the vireo children just in time before their little feathers got burnt. And, of course, the Mother and Daddy Vireo were able to fly out.
"When they all reached the brook at last, the Mother and Daddy Vireo sang the most wonderful song as a reward to the brave salamander fire department."
Transcriber's Note:
Illustrations have been moved from the middle of a paragraph to the closest paragraph break.
"grown-ups" and "grownups" have been retained in both versions in this project.
Opening quotation marks (") at the beginning of several chapters have been added without comment.
"Well, I mean you to come" has been changed to "'Well, I mean you to come" page [56].
"funny quack-quack talk." has been changed into "funny quack-quack talk.'" page [59].